DESE Reports

Recent Research and Evaluations

World Languages The Center for Applied Linguistics	Literature Review Round 1 Focus Group Round 2 Focus Group
Civics Education In Massachusetts CIRCLE and Boston University	The State of Civic Education in Massachusetts
Adult Education The University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute	Adult Education System Evaluation Final Report 2020
Career and Technical Education Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)	Career and Technical Education and Postsecondary Student Outcomes in Massachusetts: Career Clusters and Student Groups, Teacher Licensure, and Student Entry
College and Career Readiness ICF	Massachusetts Innovation Pathway & Early College Pathway Program Evaluation Impact Report High Quality College and Career Pathways Program Evaluation Report: Sustaining and Scaling Early College and Innovation Pathway Programs
Special Education Data APA Consulting	Exploring MA Special Education Data
Educator Preparation and Licensure Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)	Teacher equity gaps: a policy brief Predictive Validity of the Massachusetts Candidate Assessment of Performance
Charter Schools MIT School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative	Can Successful Schools Replicate? Scaling Up Boston's Charter Sector
School Level Expenditures Urban Institute	A First Look at School-Level Expenditures

Other Featured Reports

Perspectives from Year 1 of Cap Implementation

Research to Inform the Massachusetts World Language Standard (June 2019)

Adoption, Implementation, and Effects of Curriculum Materials (October 2018)

Evidence Use in Massachusetts School Districts (August 2018)

Replacing medians with means when summarizing MCAS student growth percentiles

Class size as a resource allocation issue: a policy brief

Dual enrollment in Massachusetts

Reports from the MassGrad initiative

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• Education Policy Briefs: Short summaries of current education policy issues in Massachusetts
• Program Evaluations: Analyses of specific Departmental programs
• Board Reports: Annual reports by the Board of Education on major policy initiatives and outcomes each year
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• Other Reports: Other research and data related to DESE initiatives

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Last Updated: March 31, 2021